they felt mitt romney got the nod that way, and governor romney had a better set of tools to break through the gridlock in washington, d.c. a lot of speculation as to why they may have endorsed mitt romney. they did give him an interview face to face. they said that had nothing to do with anything. that's from rick green, that said, how big a deal is this in a swing state like ohio? a paper with this record. or iowa rather. a paper that has this record, a paper considered to be a liberal-leaning paper. does this have influence? >> normally i would say no. i work for a newspaper, i like to think we're all powerful. but i think there are limits on endorsements, but in the case of "the des moines register," a very influential paper in iowa, as you just said. i do think it can make a difference, especially when it's seen as stirring the pot as this one is. if they endorsed president obama, i think that would have probably been interpreted as what was expected. we would have taken note of it. >> "the new york times." >> and "post" editorial page, which i obviously had nothing to do with. but th